Princess Beatrice unemployed after quitting her job at Sony

PRINCESS Beatrice has quit her job at Sony Pictures, it emerged today.

St Barts is a popular holiday hideaway for the princess and her boyfriend

PRINCESS Beatrice has quit her job at Sony Pictures, it emerged today.

The Queen's 26-year-old granddaughter left the £20,000 per year post in December, according to The Sun.

Nevertheless Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson's eldest daughter will continue to lead a life of luxury, despite having no working income.

She continues to live at her family's 30-room Royal Lodge in the grounds of Windsor Castle, but also has a four-bedroom flat at St James' Palace.

Since leaving her job, the sixth-in-line to the throne has enjoyed three extravagant foreign holidays with her boyfriend Dave Clark. The couple brought in the new year in sunny St Barts, following a trip to Beatrice's father's £13million Swiss ski chalet.

Two weeks after returning to the UK, the pair were back on the Caribbean island last week.

Beatrice was among hundreds of Sony staff whose salaries were revealed online when hackers attacked the company's site.

Said to have been earning £19,500, the royal worked as a coordinating producer at the firm's London offices. She had only been with Sony since January 2014.

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Princess Beatrice has reportedly quit her job at Sony

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The sixth-in-line to the throne with her boyfriend Dave Clark

Beatrice was among hundreds of Sony staff whose salaries were revealed online when hackers attacked the company's site.

Said to have been earning £19,500, the royal worked as a coordinating producer at the firm's London offices. She had only been with Sony since January 2014.

Although the princess is officially now unemployed, her profile on the Duke of York's website states that she "works full time in business".

She and Mr Clark, who is believed to earn a six-figure salary at Virgin Galactic, enjoyed at least another five holidays in St Barts, Spain, France and America during the course of last year.

However, the palace has insisted that their travel was "entirely privately funded".

Graham Smith, head of campaign group Republic, told the Sun that Beatrice was a "royal scrounger".

He added: "She has the HRH title and is living off the taxpayer by using subsidised housing. But she's not putting the hours in so she shouldn't be getting any money off the state."

This morning a spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: "As we have said previously, Princess Beatrice is pursuing a career in the business sector. Beyond that, we have never commented on reports linking her to a specific employer."